Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. sulphurea

Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. sulphurea (R.Vásquez) M.Lowry (2002)

🌵 Author(s)	Martin Lowry
🌵 Basionym	Lobivia arachnacantha var. sulphurea (1974)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Roberto Vásquez
🌵 Basionym published in	Succulenta (Netherlands) 53: 108 (1974)

Etymology

Latin sulphŭrĕus ‘sulphurous, sulphur-yellow’, in botanical Latin ‘a pale lively yellow, with a mixture of white’ (Stearn, Botanical Latin. 3rd Edition. 1983). For color of the inner perianth segments, described by Vásquez as “sulfurea” [sic] in Latin and as “licht geel” (light yellow) in Dutch.